Prognostic value of serum soluble Fas in patients with locally advanced unresectable rectal cancer receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy
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Neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy in treating locally advanced rectal cancer.
BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer is a common cancer and a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Middle to lower rectal cancer, a challenge for surgeons, is problematic. Neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT), introduced in the last decade, leads the local control of advanced rectal cancer to a high percentage of R0 resection (margin negative under microscopic examination) and a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE B
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1673-1581,1862-1783
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.b1000277